On average there’s a gain of 1 Watt when compared to the UV-5R.
Regardless of what’s printed on the label, the battery capacity is still 1800mAH.
CHIRP PROGRAMMING THE UV 82 FULL
S-meter still isn’t one (on/off effect, full deflection when Monitor button is pressed on a quiet frequency).
Squelch levels don’t mean much, if anything at all.
Front end quality unchanged (still poor).
Sensitivity unchanged (was excellent anyway).
‘Rounding Down’ bug still there when entering frequencies by hand.
Still no option to add alpha tags without using software.
Improved manual, but content can still be confusing at times.
Higher power output, but harmonic suppression suffered.
Press the upper one to transmit on VFO A, press the lower one to transmit on VFO B.
Longer antenna, supposedly suitable for use up to 520 MHz.
The battery is bigger and shaped differently.
TX audio is improved when compared to some UV-5R versions (mine never had such problems BTW).
Holding Menu while turning on the radio switches from VFO to memory and vice versa.
The flashlight now includes a strobe function.
Instead of one dual-color LED at the front of the radio the UV-82 has two separate LEDs located on top.
The UV-82 feels much more comfortable in your hands, the keys are larger and RX audio sounds slightly better, probably as a result of better acoustics. In my experience this is one of the strong points of the radio.
One thing you can’t miss is the size of the radio.
I didn’t make many pictures yet, but will add a few later. Still here? Some things changed for the better, some for the worse, but most things (including notorious UV-5R flaws) didn’t change at all. If this is all you wanted to know you can leave now. If you hate lengthy reviews: this is mainly a Baofeng UV-5R in disguise. After some initial problems and a busy weekend I finally got around finishing the review of this new radio.